Rise/run –
in going from one point to another in Cartesian coordinate system, the run is the change in x and the rise is the change in y.
Slope – the slope
of a ratio is rise/run.
Slope-intercept form – an equation of the form y = mx + b, were m and b are constants, is in slope-intercept form.
The constant m is the slope.
The constant b is the y-intercept